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Depositions of William Bull, shoemaker of Eaton Socon and Charles Dale, police constable of Eaton Socon. In the case of Jospeh Endlesby and Charles Barley, accused of the violent assault of William Bull.

26 October 1852

From: 1852 To: 1853

William Bull: a shoemaker of Eaton Socon. On 23 October he was in the Sun public house in Eaton Socon. Whilst he was drinking a pint of beer, the prisoner came in. He asked Barley to drink and Barley drank with him. Directly after he had drunk, Barley turned round and hit Bull twice over the head, and ran out of the house. About an hour later, he returned to pay Bull for the beer. Endlesby and Barley were together and Englesby asked Bull not to get a summons. On returning home over the bridge between St Neots and Eaton Socon, both prisoners came up to him, caught hold of him and kicked him. Bull cried out and Constable Dale came up. Dale took them into custody. Bull believed that his assistance of Constable Dale on a previous occasion, when Barley was taken into custody, was the reason for the original assault. Charles Dale: due to information received he was watching the prisoner, in the company of Constable Sibley. He saw the prisoners coming over the bridge and then lost sight of them for a short time. As soon as the prosecutor had got to the bridge he saw the prisoners go towards him and he heard Bull cry out. Dale ran up and found the prosecutor down on the ground. He took Barley into custody and Constable Sibley took the other prisoner. Barley was very violent at the time and he was obliged to get assistance to take him to the lock up. The prisoners appeared to have been drinking but were not drunk.

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Endlesby, Joseph,
Barley, Charles,
Bull, William,
Dale, Charles

EATON SOCON, St Neots, Eaton Socon Sun, assault, shoemaker